Budget Padding
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AOT2, Osagie and Steve Dede unpack the ripple effects of militant violence in the Southeast, with $4.75B lost and mass displacement over "Sit-at-Home Mondays." The EFCC makes headlines both for defending its crackdown on spraying naira and launching a quirky quiz with airtime rewards. We break down Nigeria's 2025 budget, Tinubu’s $21.5B loan request, and the Ministry of Communications’ N150M streetlight project. The AI/Blockchain wave hits Ekiti, while Ahmed Musa skips Super Eagles camp for love. WAEC delays, smoking bans, Zubby Michael’s antics, Falz’s new album, five years of Omah Lay’s Get Layd and other news that made the rounds this week.
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00:00 - Introduction
25:30 - Southeast has lost $4.75B, with thousands displaced by militant violence and government responses to Sit at Home Mondays
https://sbmintelligence.substack.com/p/four-years-of-disruption-unmasking
52:29 - EFCC chairman defends fight over spraying of Naira notes,
https://www.facebook.com/reel/712645207817094
01:08:50 - Breaking Down The 2025 Budget
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ3iCbJsCt5/
Nigeria's Tinubu seeks $21.5 billion foreign borrowing to boost growth.
Here’s what PBAT Media team says
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-president-asks-parliament-approve-215-bln-external-borrowing-2025-05-27/
Read Context here and here.
Mins. of Comms is using N150M to build modern digital solar street lighting in Ogun West Senatorial District
https://x.com/oluwaseun_ajede/status/1924854489162412160
01:50:15 - The AI/Blockchain Agenda in Nigeria
https://x.com/bosuntijani/status/1924867222079525349
01:53:50 - Bill to establish Artificial Intelligence Academy in Omuo Ekiti past First Reading.
https://x.com/ekititrends/status/1927719525203525684
02:23:00 - Ahmed Musa excused himself from the Super Eagles camp to attend his wedding ceremony.
02:24:40 - The EFCC, on Twitter, is now offering a prize of N5,000 airtime to people who can guess their EFCC Quiz correctly.
https://x.com/officialEFCC/status/1928496936438337617
02:28:45 -The Ekiti State Government has officially declared a ban on smoking in both private and public gatherings across all 16 local government areas of the state.
https://ait.live/ekiti-govt-bans-smoking-in-all-local-government-areas/
02:32:16 - WAEC Nigeria has released a statement on the delayed conduct for English Language exams for WASSCE.
https://x.com/waecnigeria/status/1928371994833150003
02:38:30 - This week in History
02:51:55 - Being a Step Dad:
https://x.com/Lush_Beauty1/status/1926339364423860429
02:57:10 - Zubby Micheal going crazy
https://x.com/Orobosa_Ikp/status/1926524056762757220
https://x.com/Naija_PR/status/1926727218061025481
02:58:30 - Davido, Cubana ChiefPriest, Ubi Franklin go visiting BAT and Shettima
https://x.com/trigottista/status/1927405872512131095
https://x.com/Imranmuhdz/status/1926749468986057164
03:05:26 - Follow Who Know Road
https://x.com/joy_mayowa/status/1924057226571923790
03:12:18 - Freezing Your Eggs
https://x.com/docneto/status/1927326387217498508
https://x.com/cremechic11/status/1927542091715936305
03:22:35 - 5 Years Since Omah Lay Dropped His Debut EP ‘Get Layd’
03:40:30 - Falz Releases Sixth Album ‘The Feast’
03:48:50 - Sign Out
